Vendis.ai - Jobs

🚀 Hiring now: Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

Founded by two serial entrepreneurs · US Inc (Delaware C‑Corp) w/ Stock Options · Remote‑first/only · Full‑time · Employee #2

We’re veteran founders and angel investors who’ve seen too many terrible “AI” pitches—so we’re building the product we actually wanted to back. Own a scalable, AI‑powered B2B SaaS product from day zero.

Meet Vendis — an AI‑native B2B CRM. We’re post‑MVP, onboarding our first paying customers, and hiring employee #2.

My co‑founder Sebastian and I are repeat founders/CTOs and active angel investors. We’ve been coding and shipping Rails since 2008 (Rails 2.1).

With Vendis, we’re modernizing CRM with natural inputs (voice/chat) and AI that drives data entry + admin to near‑zero so sales teams can actually sell. The opportunity is massive: every company that sells anything eventually needs a CRM.

Why this will interest you

  • First product version live and tested in production – real paying customers lining up, no theoretical roadmap, just solving actual needs.
  • Modern stack – Rails 8 · Hotwire · ViewComponents · Tailwind 4 · minimal JS. Non-relational DB (DynamoDB) + OpenSearch + RAG.
  • Zero legacy code – you’ll help shape every architectural decision.
  • Tiny, highly productive founding team, senior A Players only, daily shipping – your work hits prod fast.
  • Flat structure, no hierarchies, no managers, no titles. Either you write software or you sell software.
  • Remote‑first, async‑friendly – work where you’re happiest (UTC - UTC +4).
  • Equity upside – employee stock‑option plan so wins are shared.

What you’ve done already

  • You shipped production-grade Ruby on Rails applications for at least 5 years.
  • Hands‑on with at least one non‑relational DB and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
  • Practical experience integrating AI/LLM/RAG + Tooling (e.g. Langfuse) and solid AWS tooling know‑how.
  • You’re not just reading HN - you’re deeply engaged with the latest developments in AI/LLM tech.
  • We couldn’t care less about any degrees. Only experience and know-how counts.
  • You thrive in tiny, senior teams; high autonomy, high output.

What you’ll do

  • Design & build a multi‑tenant Rails application that scales from day one.
  • Own the backend and jump into full‑stack tasks when needed. Rails only, no React/JS except Stimulus
  • Drive architecture, infrastructure, and product direction with your own ideas.

You might not enjoy this if …

  • You crave an office buzz or need a foosball table to stay motivated.
  • You prefer managing to building.
  • You expect heavy process, hand‑holding and someone who tells you exactly what to do and how to do it (We expect YOU to tell us what you’d do, not the other way round.)
  • You enjoy meetings with lots of stakeholders.

Culture & how we work

  • Tiny senior A‑team (3 engineers incl. founders).
  • Small by design: We believe Vendis addresses a huge market opportunity - no matter of that we like to work with a small tight knit team instead of skyrockening our headcount.
  • No managers, no titles: you code or you sell. We scale with code, AI automation, and distribution — not layers of management.
  • Values: Ownership · Pragmatism · Tempo · Kindness · No Ego · Fun and Curiosity · MINASWAN.
  • Remote‑first/only, async; fast iteration; we live and breathe AI (including for coding — see Tobi Lüttke’s memo).

Compensation

  • Base: €80k–€100k We’ll conduct a comp review after funding rounds (angel/VC) to re‑benchmark early hires to market.
  • Equity: meaningful stock options (Delaware C‑Corp).
  • Perks: Remote, flexible time off, modern toolchain; small team, big impact.

Hiring process

  • 45 min founder call – mutual fit & product deep‑dive.
  • 60 min code walkthrough – show something you’re proud of.
  • 4 h remote pair‑coding – build/extend a small feature together.
  • Internal debrief and prompt decision.

Interested? Contact us on RubyOnRemote. Include a short note on why Vendis, your Rails track record, and examples you’ve shipped for applied AI/RAG, non-relational DBs/OpenSearch, and AWS tooling. Links to an active GitHub and something you’re proud of are perfect.